Assembly To Begin Review of Municipal Home Rule Law
Maryland lawmakers open sessions to refine municipal home rule as proposed by the Maryland Municipal League. Debates center on annexation consent, voting thresholds, and zoning conflicts while several motor vehicle bills receive attention. Mobley Re elected head of Hose Fire Company without opposition. nominations for secretary and treasurer follow.
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Assembly
George Bowen
Annapolis
Maryland
Senate Judiciary
Maryland Municipal League
Chirles
B. Mobley
Just Hight
First Hose Co
Mobley
Cou Hins
Pany
John RM
Burger
Clarence
Coss
Ysoonnacidante
Marilyn Having Tammy Upsets But Won't Say Pregnancy
Actress Marilyn Monroe and playwright husband Abbie Miller vacationing at a Jamaica villa on the north coast. Monroe avoids commenting on pregnancy rumors, canceling engagements due to seeming tummy upsets as they prepare to return to New York with plans for a large family.
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Oci Tos
Jamaica
Monroe
Abbie Miller
Moatpoint
Seaelie Villa
Hulsha
the Millera
New York
Marilyn
Drs. Biller
Obituaries from Zittlestown and Williamsport area
Vernon E La Vernon of Lapale Zittlestown died at Washington County Hospital aged Ta born in Zittlestown son of late William and TORE Lapale Survived by adopted son Paul Wood of Hagerstown and Charles Wood Muskegon Mich daughter Mrs Roy Robinson Hagerstown brothers Luther Homer Marry Oscar and sister Mrs Ada Dery Littlestown Eight grandchildren Funeral services at Minnick Funeral Home 3 30 pm Thursday interment Rose Mill Cemetery Mrs Leila L Rodgers of 5 South Cannon Avenue died Monday evening aged 84 Born near Williamsport daughter of Otho and Alice Snyder James member of St Pauls Methodist Church past noble grand Mary Young Rebecca Lodge No Nine and other family members Surviving husband John Rodgers Raymond Md daughters Mrs M W McClelland Hagerstown Mrs Robert G Beker Waynesboro Mrs Jesse J Fulton Jr Hagerstown nine grandchildren Body may be viewed at Funeral Home Friday Jan 15 7 20 p m Refreshments Adv services continue
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Vernon E. la Vernon
Lapale
Zittlestown
Washington County Hospital
William
Tore
Fenl
Song
Pail Wood
Hagerstown
Charles Wood
Muskegon
Mich
Roy ‘Robinson
Luther
Homer
Marry
Oscar
Ada Dery
Littlestown
Minnick Funeral Home
Thortay
Carl. J. Frederick
Rose Mill Cemetery
Leila L. Rodgers
South
Cannon Avenue
Williamsport
Otho and
Alice (Snyder) James
St. Paul's
Buringing
John ¥. Rodgersson
Raymond
Silver Spring
M.W. McClelland
Robert G. Beker
Waynesboro
Jesse J. Fulton, Jr
Hagers
Western Md
Yay
Stinmich
Wedlnes
Adv
W. M. Official To Speak Here
George M. Leilich of Baltimore will address Hagerstown Traffic Club during Railroad Night at Hotel Alexander on January 16 at 645 PM. He leads Western Maryland Railway Operations and will discuss railroad progress. Leilich has long railway experience and a Ballimore Polytechnic Institute and Purdue University background.
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George M. Leilich
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway Company
Alexander
Hagerstown
Leilich
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co
Buffalo
Ballimore Polytechnic Institute
Purdue University
Yale
Strathcona Fallow
Jess. Wyant
Western Maryland Railway
Hagers
Nia& W
Rowtoke
Area A Legion Council Meets Here Tomorrow
Area A Council of the nine Washington County American Legion Posts will meet at the Marvis Brock Post Home tomorrow night January 16 at 8 p m Area Adjutant D K Cushwa announced Area post commanders and delegates are urged to attend and report on results Reports will include membership drive and the annual American Legion Oratorical contest in county high schools next month A dinner special offered at local restaurant headline serves as local ad content from the same notice
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American Legion
Washington County
Marvis Brock
D. K. Cushwa
Turnbull Spickuali
Resk Haven
George H Smith of Big Spring Dies at Washington County Hospital
George H. Smith of Big Spring died at Washington County Hospital Monday afternoon. Born in Big Spring, he was the son of Me Tate William and Emily (McLaughlin) Smith. A lifelong resident, he ran a grain elevator and store in the area before retirement. He was a longtime member and former elder and deacon of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church in Clear Spring. He was the last surviving member of his family. Continued on Page 2, Col 3.
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George H. Smith
George Howard Smith
Big Spring
Washington County Hospital
Tate William
Rand
Emily (McLaughlin) Smith
St. John’s
Marie McDonald Abduction Mystery Baffles Los Angeles Police
Police chief William H. Parker said the Marie McDonald case remains unsolved with no physical evidence found at the home or scene. Investigators report no footprints near the bedroom window and no corroborating clues despite exhaustive inquiry into the singer’s Jan 3 disappearance. A $5,000 reward was offered for information leading to arrests.
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Los Angeles
McDonald
William H. Parker
Ray Parker
Police Crime Laboratory
Parker
Marie Saillor
Alhough
Asvness
Inspection Slated For Naval Meet
Commander D Epperson will visit Hagerstown for the annual inspection of Reserve units in the composite class. He will attend a dinner at Hotel Alexander hosted by Commander Lawrence of Composite Company 5-37 and speak at Coffman Health Center. Lt Arnold Godlove will present a lecture on bearings via compass as part of a navigation training series. The meeting details and relocation are noted for Reservists in the area.
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D., . Epperson
Sth Naval District
Naval Reserve
Composite Company
Epperson
Norfolk
Hagerstown
Hotel Alexander
Philip S. Lawrence
Compoosite
Composite Company 5-37
Coffman Health Center
Middlebury Pike
Arnold Godlove
2Nd Army Reserve Armory
Summit Avenue
Antietam Street
Com. Mander Epperson
Naval
Aid program targets 24 nations with large livestock shipments
The Fix Goals For Help Project plans to send 1 588 cattle BRd goats 187 060 chicks 2 133 sheep 389 pigs 155 rabbits 2 000 hatching eggs and 7 packages of bees to 24 countries in 1957. Freight costs are to be paid by recipient governments UN U S aid or private funds. The Heifer Project is directed by multiple church bodies and aid organizations in cooperation with Church World Service.
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New Windsor
New York
Angola
Austria
Brazil
Ecuador
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Aly
India
Jamada
Japan
Korea
Liberia
Mexico
Nigeria
Pakistan
Poland
Puerto
Uigo
Spain
Taiwan
Turkey
Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations
U. S
Heifer
American Baptist Convention World Relief Committee
Brethren Service Commission
Congregational Christian Serv. Com
Evan
And
Reformed Church
Evangelical and
United Brethren Church
Nowship of Reconciliation
Koinonia Foundation
Mennonite Central Commitee
the Methodist Church
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
National Farmers Union
the Rural Life Association
Department of Social Welfare
The
United Christian Missionary Society
Church World Service
National Council of ‘Churches of the United States of America
Native Son Granted 1957 Research Funds at Bridgewater
Dr. Thurman Grossnickle, chemistry assistant professor at Bridgewater College in Washington County, receives a $10,617 grant for 1957 from the Public Health Service National Institute of Health to study D-homo and nonsteroidal hormones for medical applications. The grant may be renewed if work is not completed. He previously received a $4,000 grant from the National Research Corporation in October to study dienone phenal rearrangement. Four student assistants were appointed to aid the program, which aims to advance steroidal hormone research and undergraduate scientific training.
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Thurman Grossnickle
Washington
Bridgewater College
Grossnickle
Harry J0. Grossnickle
Boonsbors
Division of Research Grants
Public Health Service
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
National Research Corporation of New York
Bridgewater
Bloodmobile to Visit Hagerstown Next Monday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will set up a temporary Blood Center at St. John's Lutheran Church on South Potomac Street from 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Donations may be arranged by calling RE 3 8558 or RE 9 0717. This visit follows a record 237 donors last October and aims to replenish critically low blood reserves in area hospitals after holiday shortages.
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Hagerstown
St. John's Lutheran Church
South Potomac Street
Red Cross
Lotai
Dalton M. Welty
Red Cross Blood Program
Washington
Hinod Center
County Board to Visit Annapolis With Delegates
The Board of County Commissioners plans to meet with the County Delegation in Annapolis on Thursday to discuss county driven legislation. A four to one vote blocked a separate county police department, with Commissioner Marty Snook neutral and seeking delegation ideas. The board approved buying three patrol cars from Hoffman Chevrolet for the deputies at 3841.40, with a 2 am meeting to follow a Democratic Club rally in the Rose Room.
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Board of County Commissioners
Annapolis
Marty Snook
Snook
Democratic Club of Washington
Chevrolet Company
King
Georgette Jentgen Found Dead After Sledding
Montgomery County police investigated the death of 5 year old Georgette Jentgen, found fatally struck in a wooded area behind Highland Elementary School off Manchester Road. Her body showed a heavy wound and a snow concealment, and investigators ruled the cause as a fractured skull from a blunt instrument. The family, long-time Silver Spring residents, include parents John and Mrs. Jentgen and two sisters Jacqueline Anne and Barbara Anne Gibson. The girl had been expected home after school when she vanished.
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Mil
Montgomery County
Detle Anne Jentgen
John R. Jentgeny
Manchester Road
James S. McAuliffe
Georgelle
Robert W. Raub
Jock
Avery Hall Emerges as GOP Governor Hopeful in Maryland
A Maryland political rumor centers on Avery W. Hall of Salisbury as a potential Republican candidate for governor in 1958. Hall, 51, confirmed he’s been contacted and is interested but has not decided. If he runs, he would join Eastern Shore rival J Milard Tawes in a likely two-man GOP field, with other Democrats including Baltimore Mayor Thomas D Alesandro and Senate Majority Leader John Grason Turnbull also considered.
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Herb Thompson
Annapolis
Maryland
Avery W. Hall
Salisbury
Hall
Statehouse
Theodore A. McKeldin
James P. S. Devereux
Frank Small
WU. S
J. Glenn Beall
J. Mitlard Tawes
Thomas D'Alesandro
Baltimore
Senate
John Grason Turnbull
University of Maryland
J. C. Byrd
Atty
C. Ferdinand Sybert
Cooper On Board For Magazine At Shepherd College
Gaorge Cooper of Hagerstown, a student at Shepherd College, has been named a member of the college magazine staff, joining a group of contributors for the next issue.
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Cooper
Shepherd College
Gaorge Cooper
Volunteer Firemen To Elect Officers
Local volunteers plan yearly officer elections at the South Hagerstown Fire Hall with 7 30 p m arrivals. The magazine on campus sponsored by the journalism fraternity will feature articles, features and poems by students and alumni for the spring publication.
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Shepherd Audents
Hanogary
Maugansville Union
Nelson L. Spessars
Jet Mechanics
Ari Lon County
Air Force
Democrats Back Corderman in Primary Vote
The Democratic Party urges voters to support John E. Corderman in the January 22 primary, backed by Leonard S. Humelsine as a key endorser in the local party slate.
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Jdiine
Corderman
Authority of Leonard
Jlurnetsne
Trees Ady
John E. Corderman
Leonard S. Humelsine
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